It appears the term “intelligent design” has been conscripted. As used in the OP and by some here it is mere word play. A lot of words to describe “pattern detection.”
Although I think it is very amusing the term has been stolen from creationists, they share one major attribute: neither is even CLOSE to a Scientific Theory. They have not even reached the “guess” stage, much less a testable H0.
Asimov, God rest his soul, would be proud.
It's incredibly frustrating.
I have great respect for people of faith and don't argue against their beliefs, but so many feel the need to shoehorn their religion into a scientific paradigm.
I don't know if it's insecurity with their faith or what but they're destined to fail. And they do.
In the process they sully their religion and try to do the same to science.
It's sad, unnecessary and absolutely futile, but on the other hand there are a few bucks to be made so...